Ludohistory
@ludohistory.bsky.social
Historian, librarian, creator, ally. Exploring how modern media adapts the past. Website: https://ludohistory.com Livestreams: https://twitch.tv/ludohistory
STARTING NOW - we are playing more @blakemanorgame.bsky.social while chatting Irish folklore and occult history with @emmettaylor.bsky.social ! twitch.tv/ludohistory
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
STARTING NOW - we are playing more @blakemanorgame.bsky.social while chatting Irish folklore and occult history with @emmettaylor.bsky.social ! twitch.tv/ludohistory
I had a lovely time trying out @blakemanorgame.bsky.social with my friend @emmettaylor.bsky.social a couple weeks ago. So much, so, that we decided the party needed to continue with even more friends! So, three of us will be digging into the history and folklore of the game this Sat on Twitch & yt!
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I had a lovely time trying out @blakemanorgame.bsky.social with my friend @emmettaylor.bsky.social a couple weeks ago. So much, so, that we decided the party needed to continue with even more friends! So, three of us will be digging into the history and folklore of the game this Sat on Twitch & yt!
I've been on the clown train for #Silksong for ages, and now we finally get to start it! I'm terribly excited to dig in and do some history on that world! twitch.tv/ludohistory
September 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I've been on the clown train for #Silksong for ages, and now we finally get to start it! I'm terribly excited to dig in and do some history on that world! twitch.tv/ludohistory
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Here be giants!
Red and Blue are joining @ludohistory.bsky.social to check out the Indiana Jones game's new story expansion "Order of the Giants".
(I bet it's height order lmaooooo)
Jump in on twitch OR youtube!
www.twitch.tv/ludohistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTTl...
Red and Blue are joining @ludohistory.bsky.social to check out the Indiana Jones game's new story expansion "Order of the Giants".
(I bet it's height order lmaooooo)
Jump in on twitch OR youtube!
www.twitch.tv/ludohistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTTl...
a man in a suit and fedora is smiling
Alt: GIF of Indiana Jones smiling and saying "Watch me"
media.tenor.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Here be giants!
Red and Blue are joining @ludohistory.bsky.social to check out the Indiana Jones game's new story expansion "Order of the Giants".
(I bet it's height order lmaooooo)
Jump in on twitch OR youtube!
www.twitch.tv/ludohistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTTl...
Red and Blue are joining @ludohistory.bsky.social to check out the Indiana Jones game's new story expansion "Order of the Giants".
(I bet it's height order lmaooooo)
Jump in on twitch OR youtube!
www.twitch.tv/ludohistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTTl...
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Adam Bierstedt aka @ludohistory.bsky.social tells you the business about Scandinavian folk adventure Röki, complete with correct pronunciations and incidental historical detail!
nebula.tv/videos/innue...
nebula.tv/videos/innue...
Innuendo Studios — Adventure Game Tier List 34: Röki FEATURING ADAM BIERSTEDT/LUDOHISTORY!!!
Part 35 of 52
nebula.tv
September 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Adam Bierstedt aka @ludohistory.bsky.social tells you the business about Scandinavian folk adventure Röki, complete with correct pronunciations and incidental historical detail!
nebula.tv/videos/innue...
nebula.tv/videos/innue...
I love everything @giantsquidstudios.com and @awintory.bsky.social have put out over the years, and they drop their new game right on time for my birthday! I'm very excited to go surfing around! Come hang out! twitch.tv/ludohistory
August 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I love everything @giantsquidstudios.com and @awintory.bsky.social have put out over the years, and they drop their new game right on time for my birthday! I'm very excited to go surfing around! Come hang out! twitch.tv/ludohistory
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I’m closing in on 2k followers (thanks!) so I think I should clarify what I mean in my profile when I say the fun dinosaur pictures I post are a form of art history (besides wanting to sound elitist or something). 🧵
November 19, 2024 at 12:47 AM
I’m closing in on 2k followers (thanks!) so I think I should clarify what I mean in my profile when I say the fun dinosaur pictures I post are a form of art history (besides wanting to sound elitist or something). 🧵
"AI is garbage at all the work at doing history, so here's how you should start using it in the classroom." cmon, what are we even doing here??
August 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"AI is garbage at all the work at doing history, so here's how you should start using it in the classroom." cmon, what are we even doing here??
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Exciting HGN-Gender Theme News! On May 28th, our guest convenor @tesswatty.bsky.social will be livestreaming a play test of a new table top role playing game - World Weaver: Which Witch? - alongside a fantastic lineup of fellow researchers. Full details here:
www.historicalgames.net/livestream-e...
www.historicalgames.net/livestream-e...
LIVESTREAM EVENT: Playtest of Which Witch? Tabletop Roleplay Game (28/05/2025) | Historical Games Network
Announcing a bonus special event as part of the Gender theme for the Historical Game Network: a livestream playtest of a new tabletop roleplaying game! This livestream will feature four researchers wh...
www.historicalgames.net
May 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Exciting HGN-Gender Theme News! On May 28th, our guest convenor @tesswatty.bsky.social will be livestreaming a play test of a new table top role playing game - World Weaver: Which Witch? - alongside a fantastic lineup of fellow researchers. Full details here:
www.historicalgames.net/livestream-e...
www.historicalgames.net/livestream-e...
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Redeploying 2023 AP Survey for folks to re-take
(or take for 1st time)
We are collecting data about how & why people make & consume (or don’t) #TTRPG Actual Play media. This 10 minute survey is totally anonymous. Aggregated data will be shared with the community! More details: aub.ie/ttrpgsurvey
(or take for 1st time)
We are collecting data about how & why people make & consume (or don’t) #TTRPG Actual Play media. This 10 minute survey is totally anonymous. Aggregated data will be shared with the community! More details: aub.ie/ttrpgsurvey
April 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Redeploying 2023 AP Survey for folks to re-take
(or take for 1st time)
We are collecting data about how & why people make & consume (or don’t) #TTRPG Actual Play media. This 10 minute survey is totally anonymous. Aggregated data will be shared with the community! More details: aub.ie/ttrpgsurvey
(or take for 1st time)
We are collecting data about how & why people make & consume (or don’t) #TTRPG Actual Play media. This 10 minute survey is totally anonymous. Aggregated data will be shared with the community! More details: aub.ie/ttrpgsurvey
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ACH is collecting information about impacts on research. If your National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) or Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) work has been impacted, or if you anticipate future impacts, let us know.
Digital Humanities Funding Impacts
The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is collecting information about impacts on research. If your National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) or Institute of Museum and Library…
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March 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ACH is collecting information about impacts on research. If your National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) or Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) work has been impacted, or if you anticipate future impacts, let us know.
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DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted
DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.
bookriot.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
putting that medieval studies degree to use by starting up *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2*! And hoping it fixes some of the trouble from the first game .... twitch.tv/ludohistory
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Medieval Historian vs The Most Accurate Game
twitch.tv
February 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
putting that medieval studies degree to use by starting up *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2*! And hoping it fixes some of the trouble from the first game .... twitch.tv/ludohistory
There's an awful lot of bad stuff happening right now, and I've been increasingly struggling with what good "entertainment" does. So this is less polished and more poetic than most of what I write, but it's my attempt to write my way through that feeling.
ludohistory.com/2025/02/04/a...
ludohistory.com/2025/02/04/a...
An Entertainer at the end of the world
We all agree – things suck right now, right? The world is getting worse, and what’s the point of being a “content creator” in the face of it all?
ludohistory.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
There's an awful lot of bad stuff happening right now, and I've been increasingly struggling with what good "entertainment" does. So this is less polished and more poetic than most of what I write, but it's my attempt to write my way through that feeling.
ludohistory.com/2025/02/04/a...
ludohistory.com/2025/02/04/a...
Folklorists are really, *really* important - so many traditions we draw on today are only around due to their work. One of those collections needs help now!!
THANK YOU!!! to everyone who has donated to the major Folklore Library and Archive charity fundraiser so far. We have managed to raise enough money to cover 2 months of staff time for the next year so far, which will help to keep the charity working.
Can you help?
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-f...
Can you help?
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-f...
February 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Folklorists are really, *really* important - so many traditions we draw on today are only around due to their work. One of those collections needs help now!!
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This week, I want to do a thread each day signal boosting creators of different groups, particularly those groups who are being targeted by government.
Today, I would love to hear from Creators of Color.
If you are a CoC and you have a project to push, PLEASE POST BELOW. Include link, please!
Today, I would love to hear from Creators of Color.
If you are a CoC and you have a project to push, PLEASE POST BELOW. Include link, please!
January 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This week, I want to do a thread each day signal boosting creators of different groups, particularly those groups who are being targeted by government.
Today, I would love to hear from Creators of Color.
If you are a CoC and you have a project to push, PLEASE POST BELOW. Include link, please!
Today, I would love to hear from Creators of Color.
If you are a CoC and you have a project to push, PLEASE POST BELOW. Include link, please!
This sheep is divine, I will brook no criticism of it
As a bonus, the museum includes THE WORST SHEEP (I love it so much!) which is also the worst artwork I’ve ever seen made and sold by a professional historic artist, which I keep a picture of near my desk as a reminder that sometimes mediocre is, in fact, good enough. 7/?
January 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
This sheep is divine, I will brook no criticism of it
2024 was a great year for historical game releases, but we love nothing more than arbitrary rankings! Check out the blog post, and read on for some other of my findings ludohistory.com/2025/01/21/t...
The Best Historical Games of 2024
We have been blessed with yet another great year for historical video games. Both indie and AAA developers have released spectacular games set in the past, proving yet again that audiences are eage…
ludohistory.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
2024 was a great year for historical game releases, but we love nothing more than arbitrary rankings! Check out the blog post, and read on for some other of my findings ludohistory.com/2025/01/21/t...
Hanging and tiering all the historical games of 2024 and handing out some extremely serious awards! twitch.tv/ludohistory
January 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hanging and tiering all the historical games of 2024 and handing out some extremely serious awards! twitch.tv/ludohistory
Huh. You love to see it (though I have some questions about what "acquire" means in this context)
🟦 NEWS 🚨 | the viral absolute unit meme from @themerl.bsky.social has been acquired for the national collection
it is the first born-digital object acquired by the National Science and Media Museum, and will go on display in January
it is the first born-digital object acquired by the National Science and Media Museum, and will go on display in January
December 19, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Huh. You love to see it (though I have some questions about what "acquire" means in this context)
Apologies for stream ending in catastrophic tech issues today. Working theory is that my modem picked the middle of stream to keel over and die, but I won't know for sure until Monday......
December 15, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Apologies for stream ending in catastrophic tech issues today. Working theory is that my modem picked the middle of stream to keel over and die, but I won't know for sure until Monday......
Starting now!!!
I'm very excited to start Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in just 2 hours! And by "start" I mean tour Marshall College's museum.
Oh and @overlysarcastic.bsky.social will be there too! Come join at twitch.tv/ludohistory
Oh and @overlysarcastic.bsky.social will be there too! Come join at twitch.tv/ludohistory
a man in a suit and tie stands on a balcony with the words x marks the spot on the bottom
Alt: a man in a suit and tie stands on a balcony with the words x marks the spot on the bottom. GIF is from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Starting now!!!
I'm very excited to start Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in just 2 hours! And by "start" I mean tour Marshall College's museum.
Oh and @overlysarcastic.bsky.social will be there too! Come join at twitch.tv/ludohistory
Oh and @overlysarcastic.bsky.social will be there too! Come join at twitch.tv/ludohistory
a man in a suit and tie stands on a balcony with the words x marks the spot on the bottom
Alt: a man in a suit and tie stands on a balcony with the words x marks the spot on the bottom. GIF is from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2024 at 6:03 PM
I'm very excited to start Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in just 2 hours! And by "start" I mean tour Marshall College's museum.
Oh and @overlysarcastic.bsky.social will be there too! Come join at twitch.tv/ludohistory
Oh and @overlysarcastic.bsky.social will be there too! Come join at twitch.tv/ludohistory
OKAMI TWO REAL THIS IS NOT A DRILL
December 13, 2024 at 4:17 AM
OKAMI TWO REAL THIS IS NOT A DRILL
I'm so excited to start #IndianaJones this weekend. I mean, my first museum job was at the home of the "original" Indy, how could I not be? I just have to make it to Friday without spoilers.....
a man with glasses and a bow tie is talking to someone
Alt: GIF from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Sean Connert wearing glasses and a bow tie says "We Have Work to do" before shifting a chair to the left.
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:01 AM
I'm so excited to start #IndianaJones this weekend. I mean, my first museum job was at the home of the "original" Indy, how could I not be? I just have to make it to Friday without spoilers.....